Multiple stamp



A H, H. MCFILLEN'.

MULTIPLE STAMP.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY Ia, 1921.

IT oo Patented Nov. 29, 1.921,.

H. H. MCFILLEN.

MULTIPLE STAMP.

APPLICATION man LuLY la, 1-921.

Patented. Nov.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED sfr HARRY H. MCFILLEN, on'monnndonmj MULTIPLE STAMP.v

Y Application alefiauly 1s,

To all whom z' may concern.' v

Be itknown that l, HARRY H. MCFILLEN, a citizen of the United States,anda resident of Toledo, in the countyof Lucas and State of Chio,have'made an invention `appertain ing to MultipleStamps and l' do herebyde`- Clare' the following to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art towhich itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification; Y

My invention has for its obj ect to provide a stamping device forstamping sets of indicia to'ind-icate a plurality of things that areinterrelated, the device being so arranged that the parts may be easilymanipulated and reset to indicate the things sequentiallyV as they areVpresented for marking. The invention particularly has for its objectV toprovide a freight stamp for stamping articles-received or 'sentbyfreight orexpress under and in connection with a billof lading, theultimate ,object of the inventionbeing to Vprovide a means Vwherebyarticles sent by freight, express, mail, or otherwise, under a bill oflading, may be easily traced. To this-end ifdesired the 'stamp may bemade for duplicate markings, whereby the article maybe marked and a copyof the markings may be made on a paper that is retained by the marker...Y V

The invention may be contained in structures of different forms whichare included broadlyandspecically in the combinations of elementsjsetforth in the claims appended v hereto. To illustrate a practicalapplication ofthe invention l have selected oneoffsuch 'structures as anexample, and shall describe it.V hereinafter. The structure selected isshown in the accompanying drawings.

VFigure 1 of the drawings is one sidexview of the mechanism. 2 is asectional yview taken on the line 2-52 indicated inFig. 1. Fig. 13 isasimilar sectional view as that shown in Fig. 2, except that a part ofthe separating plate is broken away.,v Fig. 44 is a sectionalk viewtaken on the line 4-4' indi- Y cated .in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is abrokenview,'a

part .being4 shown taken in section 'along the 4line 5 5 indicated inFig. 6, and the'other part being a view of a side kopposite to that vofwhich Fig. 1 isan illustration.Y Fig. 6 is Specication of LettersPatent.

l Patented Nov. 29V, V1921.

1921. semina 4s5,416.

alsectional view taken on the line 6.-.6 indicated in Fig. 5. Fig. 7illustrates one of the marking wheels and Ythe* means for resetting themarking wheels.-

1 in the drawings is aframe in which is located a plunger. frame 2 thatmoves withv in the frame 1. -The frame 2 is connected to l the handle 3by means ofthe shank 4 and the spring 5 is located intermediate lthe topof l ythe frame land the handle 3.' The frame'l is provided with aguiding block whichis tegral with theplates 8. The plates. 8 and theends 7 formsupportingmeans for the. mechanism thatfi's "containedwithin-V the framel.4 t "4i 1,

'isogiiare shaft 11 isl supporteduby one of the sides 7 andpivotally'supported lon a pin' l 12 located in one of the plates 8.4,'ApairY of ,marking-wheels ,'13 having notched central disks 14 areYsupported on the shaft11.` Each of thev marking wheels '13 are providedwith stamping -facesrto markeA suitable marks .of any kind. Y Asshown,`they are provided with? the wheel in the manner well known in thenumerals arranged around the periphery of art and are, rotatable in onedirection about 'the 4central disks 14. 'The ina-rking'wheels areprovided-with recesses 15 in `which are locate-d dogs 16 that arelspring-pressed by the springs 17. The'disks -14`are each providedwith-a'notch 18 so shaped that the ends of the dogs 16 may' ride uponone side of .the notchbut will engage the other side of the notch.Whemtherefore, the disk 14 is rotated in one direction they dogs 16 will'iinallv drop into the notch and cause'the marking wheelto-r'otate inthesame direction. When, however, the marking wheel is rotated in"A thesame direction the dogs 16"/ will ride outof the notch and onto theperiphery of the disk 14. By this arrangement the marking wheels may allbe brought to zero by' simply rotating the shaft 11 since the dogs 16will engage.v the disks 14 at'thev same point inthe rotationV of theshaft 11 and thus the marking wheels will be brought so that the samenumbers are in yalinement and theymay both be' turned for exampleso'that zero will be' stamped when the handle.1

' wheels 13 by means or ene o is'pushed down. A head or handle 19 isconnected to the shaft 11 for convenience of operation.

1n the operation of the stamping` machine the unit number is steppedaround each 'time the frame-2 is raised by the operation of the spring 5since each of the marking;- wheels is provided with a ratchet wheel madeintegral therewith7 and a spring-pressed dog 21 having two prongs 22 ispivotally connected to the frame 1. The dog is pressed toward theratchet portions 23 of the marking t" *l spring 24. One

of the prongs 22 of the'dog 21 tle longer, so that when it drops into adeeper` notch in the ratchet wheel. which is the Zero notch, itwillallow the other prong `'22 to enoafre the tens wheel and ste) the n 2t:l

tens wheel around one space in the manner well known in the art. Thewheels will thus mark from Zero to ninety-nine.

Between the two plates 8 there are located the marking` wheels 26 thatare mounted on the square shaft 27 in the same manner that the wheels 13are mounted on the shaft 11..

` The Vwheels 26 also rotate about the sleeves or^disks 28., the same inform asthe disks or Vsleeves 111 on which the wheels 13 rotate. Themarking wheels 26 are also provided with spring-pressed dogs 16 that arelocated in recesses 15 formed in the wheels 26. The shaft 27 issupported in one of the end plates 7 in one of the partitioning plates 8and on the pin 12 supported in the other of the partitioning plates. Thewheels 26 are also provided with portions 29 having ratchet teeth whichVcoact with the dog` 37 to cause step by step movements of the wheels 26whereby one wheel'26 will mark units and the other wheel 26 will marktens in substantially the same manner that the wheels 13 are operated.`An eccentric 31 is supported on the shaft 11 and by means of the ring 32it opcrates the arm 33. The upper end of the arm 33 is provided with alug 34: that eX tends through a plate 8 and connects with the pivotedarm 35 located on the other side ofthe plate. The lug` 34 extendsthrough the slot 36. Rotation of the eccentric 31 by the' operation ofthe shaft 11 causes the arm or frame 35 toA swing toward or away fromthe shaft 11. The arm 35 is provided with the spring-pressed dog 37having two tongues 38. The tongues38 are of different lengths and soconstructed that when one of the tongues drops into a deeper notch ofthe unit wheel the other of the tongues will engage the tens wheel andthus the wheels 26 are operated' by the dog 37 in the same :manner thatthe wheels 13 are operated by the dog21. The arms or frames 38 arepivotally supported on the rod 39. l/henrhowever, the

' marking wheels 13 are cleared, that is, re-

'turned to zero by the operation ofthe handle 19,'which is accomplishedby theA rotais made a lit- Leser/e3 pulled down and at the Sametime thedog 37 is pushed forward, pushing one or both of the wheels 26 one stepforward. The wheels 26 will thus be advanced one step each time thewheels 13 are cleared.

A pair of marking` wheels l0 are located between one of the plates8 andone of the end parts 7 that are supported on the sleeve L11 whichsurrounds the shaft 27. rl`he wheels l0 arestepped around by means of aneccentric 1,2 loca-ted on the shaft 27 and a ring 13 that is connectedto the arm 14 which is connected to a dog 45 through the arm or frame 46and the dog l5 operates on ratcheted portions 54 of the wheels e0 in thesame manner the dog 37 is operated and in turn operates the wheels 26.The wheels 10 are` thus operated each time that the wheels 26 arecleared in the same manner that Vthe wheelsy 26 are given step by stepmovements when the wheels 13 are cleared. To clear the wheels 26 theshaft 27 is rotated by means of the handle 47 which rotates the disks 14lo.

cated within lthe wheels 26 until. the dogs 16 are engaged and the marksof the wheels 26 are brought in alinement, which enables the operator toturn them to the zero marking point. The complete rotation whichis thusrequired of the shafts 11 and 27 to clear the wheels 13 and 26 causesthe operation of the eccentrics to cause the adjoiningv set ofV wheelsto step one step. 1f it is desired to clear the wheels l0 they may bepositioned by an instrument, but this. in the `ordinary operation of themachine, is unnecessary.

The wheels are held in the positions that they are turned by means ofthe spring pressed pins 48 that enter notches 49 and act a yieldingdetent lto hold the wheels inl -of the markings made may be impressed.V

The construction described may be utilized in connection with markingfreight which has been shipped under or in connection withA a bill oflading which gives a list of items and the number of articles shippedunder each item. The stamp provides a means for definingV or markingeach individual article in order that each articlemay be identified. Thewheels 40 will number the bill 'of lading. The wheels 26 will number andcount the items of the bill and the wheels 13 will number and count thearticles of each item. In the operation each article is stamped and thusthe article will be stamped with the number of the item and the numberof the bill as VWell as receive its individual number. When all of thearticles of an item have been markedthe shaft 1l is rotated to clear theWheels 13, that is7 to bring them back to the zero point,

and in doing so the wheels 26 will be moved to the next step and thusthe articles of the next item will be taken up and given theirindividual article number, their'item number, and the bill of ladingnumber. The

-articlesof any particular bill of lading are stamped. T he articles ofthe second bill of Y lading will receive their individual marking, themarking of the item under which they are classified, and the number ofbill of lading on which they are itemized. article receives a bill anditem marking as Well as its individual marking and hence can be readilytraced to the bill 'for consignee or consigner information.V

I claim:

l. ln a stamping device, a plurality oic sets of marking Wheels, meansfor returning onev set of wheels and causing another set of Wheels toadvance one step. Y.

2. In a stamping device, a plurality of sets of marking Wheels, meansfor returning one set ot Wheels and causing another set of Wheels toadvance one step, and means for clearing the second set of Wheels andcausing the third set ot" Wheels to advance one step. Y Y

rfhus each sets ofmarking Wheels, a shaft, a disk supported Within eachof the Wheels of tivo of.`

the sets, a dog Vfor connecting the disk tothe last named Wheels, a pairof shafts for rotating the disks, a pair of dogs forcausing theoperation of tivo sets of Ythe Wheels upon the return oftheadjoining'sets of Wheels.,v

4t. In av stamping device, a plurality of sets of Wheels', a pluralityof shafts for supporting thesetsoit Wheels, means for connecting theshafts with the Wheels to cause rotation ot the sets of wheels, andmeans'y for causing step by step movements of one set of Wheels andstepby step movement-ot another of the sets vvof 4Wheels upony rotationof 'one of the shafts.

5. Vln a stamping device,`a plurality of sets i of Wheels, a dogor'causing step bystep movements of one set of Wheels, means forreturning the Wheels of the A'said set, a dog for causing a step by stepmovementv of the sec ond set ot' Wheels, and means interconnecting thefirst set of Wheels with the second set of Wheels. to Ycause the dog toproduce'step by step movement in the second set of. Wheels upon thereturn of the irst set of Wheels.

6. In a stamping device a plurality or sets of Wheels, a dog for causingstep by step movements of one set of Wheels, means for returning the.wheels of the'said set, a dog `for causing a step by step movement or'the second'set of Wheels, and means interconnect;

ing the first Set of Wheels'wvith the second Y set of Wheels to causethe dog to produce step by step movement in the second set of Wheelsupon the return of the rstset of Wheels, a dog for operating the thirdset ot' Wheels, and means interconnecting the dog operating the thirdset of Wheels for causing step by step movement 'of the third set ofWheels upon rotation of the second set of wheels.

In testimony whereof, I -have :hereunto signed my name to thisspecilication.

HARRY H. MCFILLEN.

